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Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced on Friday that it is suspending operations at Sudan’s largest displacement camp due to escalating violence. “Despite widespread starvation and immense humanitarian needs, we have no choice but to take the decision to suspend all our activities in the camp, including the MSF field hospital,” the global charity said, using its French acronym. The camp in North Darfur shelters more than half a million people, according to United Nations figures. Fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensified this month in the camp after the RSF stormed Zamzam…

Morocco’s counterterrorism agency said on Monday it had foiled attacks planned by the so-called Islamic State group (IS) in the Sahel region, south of the Sahara Desert. The discovery of the 12-member terror cell and what authorities called an “imminent dangerous terrorist plot,” is an indication of the expanding ambitions of extremist groups in the region, according to the counterterrorism unit. What did the plot entail? Moroccan authorities did not offer details on the suspects’ motives or their plot, but they did reveal that the group planned to cause bombs to explode remotely. Authorities released images and videos showing officers raiding cells across Morocco, underscoring the threat emanating from jihadist militancy in the Sahel, as…

Trump, Musk endorse Vivek Ramaswamy for Ohio governor President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk on Monday separately endorsed entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio’s gubernatorial race.Ramaswamy, who ran against Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential primary, announced his candidacy earlier on Monday to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Mike DeWine in the 2026 election.Trump announced his endorsement in a post to his social media platform Truth Social.”VIVEK RAMASWAMY is running for Governor of the Great State of Ohio. I know him well, competed against him, and he is something SPECIAL,” Trump wrote.RAMASWAMY OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN IN OHIO: ‘BEST DAYS ARE…

  At least three construction workers were killed and seven injured when a piece of elevated highway collapsed on Tuesday in South Korea. The bridge in Cheonan, about 90 kilometers (55 miles) south of the capital Seoul, was still being built when the 50-meter long beams holding it up crashed to the ground. The National Fire Agency said they were believed at least one more victim may be under the rubble. Authorities said that the cause of the incident could not immediately be determined. Acting President Choi Sang-mok told relevant agencies to mobilize all available personnel and equipment to the site of the collapse.…

Boris Johnson abruptly ends Good Morning Britain interview in Ukraine Boris Johnson abruptly ended a live interview in Kyiv on Good Morning Britain on Monday. Speaking from the Ukrainian capital three years after Russia’s invasion, the former PM said he believed a minerals agreement between the US and Ukraine was close to being signed – before then abruptly ending the interview. Pressed on how he thought world leaders should communicate with Mr Trump, Mr Johnson said: “You have to keep knocking the ball back over the net. I mean this is crazy stuff… but you’ve got to look at what is actually…

Pope Francis’ health was reported to be “slightly improving” on Monday, as he continues to battle pneumonia in both lungs, and the onset of kidney failure. The 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church has been in the hospital for 11 days, prompting his followers to pray for his recovery, while discussions surrounding his potential successor have started to emerge. Pope Francis shows ‘slight’ health improvement

Kinshasa estimates that more than 7,000 people have been killed in eastern DRC-Congo since M23 rebels began seizing territory in the centre of the country this year, while the Rwanda-backed rebels claim to be conscripting soldiers who surrendered to their onslaught. M23 rebels claim thousands of surrendered Congolese soldiers enter into “ideological retraining”

In an effort to “facilitate engagement” with Syria’s new leaders, the European Union on Monday suspended sanctions on Syria’s energy, transport, and banking sectors, on the condition that the new government show progress towards respecting minorities’ rights and establishing a democracy. EU eases sanctions on major Syrian economic sectors

German companies warn the possible new government of great coalition that do not have any tail wind in their favor as far as the economy is concerned. The most important advance indicator of Germany, known as IFO index, makes it clear: the economy of the European locomotive is still stagnant. The business confidence indicator, published on Monday after an election day marked by a turn to conservatism with an ultra -right boom, has barely moved with respect to the month of January. Specifically, he closed February at 85.2 points, compared to 85.1 of the first month of the year. Teuton…

Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa received an invitation on Sunday to attend an Egyptian-hosted Arab League meeting on Gaza, the Syrian presidency said. “The president of the Syrian Arab Republic, Mr Ahmed al-Sharaa, received an official invitation from the president of the Arab Republic of Egypt… to participate in the extraordinary Arab League summit” on March 4 in Cairo, the presidency statement said. The meeting was called in response to a widely criticised plan by US President Donald Trump, who has said his government should take over the war-battered Gaza Strip and redevelop it into the “Riviera of the Middle…